Embroidered ornamental dot



M. l. D. EINSTEIN.

EMBROIDERED ORNAMENTAL DOT.

APPLICATION FILED APII.9, 1921.

1 ,409,2 1 4 Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

UNITED STATES comprising Y l chenille or other suitable embroidery thread,

PATENT OFFICE.

IVIILTON I. D. EINSTEIN, OF NEW YORK;` N. Y.

EMBROIDERED ORNAMENTAL DOT.

To all @07mm it, may concer/1i n Be, it known that, L MILTON I. D. EIN? srnrN, a citizen of the- United States. resid- Hing at borough oiQManhattan,city. county, and State off-New York, lhave invented cer- .tain new and useful. Improvements .in-Embroidered lOrnamental Dots. of which the following is ,a specification. f This invention relates .to a method of embroideri'ing plushor'fluffy dotsor tufts for .the ornamentation of textile fabrics such as lveils .`idressgoods or the like, and to the product resultingnfrom carryingout said method. K y g y The principal object oi the invention is to `provide an .embroidered fluffy dot or tuft Y i .a multiplicity off threads. ot

Tof substantially equal length, each thread firmly'v `secured lat one textile'tabric vand having its other end free, all the threads being` verse side ot' the backing at or near the "periphery *of the dotand passing through a restricted varea. of the backing nearthe centeruoffthe dot to emergek onthe right "side of the backing. I' y Ai further object of the invention is to provide .a simple, quick and economical t method vof making such dots. Other objects ivill'be apparent hereinafter.

For`the sake of simplicity, the dots will be shown and described as circular in shape, but` it is .apparent that they may be made in any desired shape.

he invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof, and in which:

Fig. l is 'a diagrammatic dra-wing showing the initial steps of the method;

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are views similar to Fig. l showing Successive stages in carrying out the method of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a completely sewn dot in which some of the stitches have been cut and lulfed; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a, completed dot made by the new method of the present invention.

In these drawings l represents of a. sheet of material, such as dress-goods, net, veiling, or the like, constitutingr a backing which is to be ornamented by embroidering thereon one or more ofthe fluffy dots made in accordance with the new method,

a fragment Specification of Letters Patent.

.K Application ined April. 9,

Y guides end f, to a backing ,of Y

I very close together so iirmlysewed to the ref .Patented Mar. '1.4, 1922. 1921. serial No. `460.104.

The embroideriug may by the usual machine, most desirably bi'oidery-irame.

stitching in the circle Q. to be used as a guide in the further steps. The outline 3 ofY the completed dot is next Astitched in, inV the present instance in the shape'of a circle. after which a. feivradial stitches 4, extending from the outline 3 Ato the center thereof. are stitched in. all l. These stitches form a spider which the operator, in the subsequent steps and serves'to strengthen the backing. which Ain many cases is of sheer material suchvas as shown in Fig.V

silk crepe. and to prevent 'distortion of the i same during theysubsequent embroidering.

The space between the outline 3 and the guiding circle 2 constituting a border is then filled in by a number of stitches 5 spaced tirely conceal the annular portion of the backing covered by these stitches stitches are preferably' much closer gether than shown in Fig. 2. which is merely to illustrate'the extent stitch 5 rather than the number of such stitches. The backing is then successively covered with a series of radial stitches 6 overlying the stitches 5Y and extending from ,the periphery slightly nearer to thercen# ter ci' the guiding circle 2 than did the stitches 5. Upon the completion of ythe series of stitches 6. urther'seriesofstitches, as 7, are applied to the backing, each Successive series beginning at the periphery 3 and extending nearer the center of the figure than the preceding series of stitches until the desired thickness oi embroidering has been secured. at which time the last series of radial stitches 9 will extend from the periphery 3 to thc very center of the guiding circle 2. as shown in Fig. 4.

When. the radial stitches 9 have been applied, the outer edge of the figure is firmly stitched down by overcasting therearound a number of times to form a. binding 8 which evens up the slightly uneven radial stitches and permanently secures said stitches to the backing at the periphery. lVhen the work has progressed'to this stage, it will appear as shown at the left hand of Fig.

he sewing is now completed and the radial stitches are all severed from the securing bindings 8 on the right side of the material and ued up to form the completed ot' each individual asto practicallyv en-- stricted centi'al area oi' I ticed ivith dot or tuttv lO as shown at the right of Fig. 5 and in Fig. 6. v It will be noted that all the radial stitches arestill irmlyanchored on the reverse sidel Y of the backing to the peripheral binding 8 WhileV their free ends extend through the rei the backing defined by the guide-circle 2 and are of substantially uniform length, thus producing a dot symmetrical about its center The method of making dots'm'aybe pracextreme rapidity, andv obviously isA susceptibleot various minor changes Without departing from the spirit oi' the invention. 1 For vexample the guide circles 2 and v: y outline 3l might be printed on the backing backing having a side, aperipheral outline thereon, and a 4line,'each of said'threads having-a instead ofstitched thereon, or bothv printed and stitched. What is claimed is:

' l. An article of embroidery.comprising a front side and a reverse they may be tutt` of threads Aextending on one of said sidesof the backing symmetrically in lall directions bout a central point of'said outtreerend.

2. An article of embroidery comprisinga tutt composed of embroidery threads. each thread being secured to the reverse side of a'baclring at the periphery of the tutt, and

all the threads of the tutt passing froml said y length.

reverse side through` a restricted centralv portion of the backing and emerging on the right side of the backing astree ends, all thefree ends being of approximately equal method of embroidering lfluffy dots The ' which comprises stitching a closed border on a backing, each stitch of the border extending from the/periphery towards the center and the stitches being of substantially uni- V'form length, next overlaying said border v -With successive layers of similar radial Y stitches, the stitches of each layerbeing of uniform length, and extending slightly nearer the center of the border than those of the last preceding layer, the stitches of the last layer all passing through the backing at a point near the center of theborder, next binding the periphery of the border to the backing, then cutting all the radial'stitches on the right side of the backing at the binding to torni tree ends, and then tluing the free ends. 'i f Ll. The method of embroidering tluli'y-dots `which comprises stitching a closed outline or the inished dot on a backing, next covering a border Within said outline with aseries of substantially Y f and loi: uniform length, lnext overlayingisaid radial stitches close together series of stitches withv a number of successive series of substantially radial stitches extending trom said outlinetovvard 'the cen-1.

allthe stitches of a series and the stitches of ter of the ligure, being of uniform length center-than those ot' the previous series, next .binding all of said radial vstitches lto' the backing at saidV outline, V of said radial stitches at andthen cutting all said outlineon the Veach successive series extendingnearer the y right side of said backing and fluing said stitches.

5. The method offorming an embroidered-` dot on. a backing of textile Jfabric which comprises stitching a closedborder of closely laid radial stitches having their outerl ends at the periphery of the border and their inner ends short' ofV the center thereof, then A superimposing on said radial stitches a plurality ot series ot like stitches with the inner end ot Veach successive series, ofrstitches approaching closer to the center of said periph-V ery. then binding the outer ends ofrall radial stitches at said periphery, then cutting said Ystitches at'their outer ends and pufling up the loose ends so formed.

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